Where does “cliché” come from?

Cliché comes from French cliché, derived from French clicher, from Middle French clicher, from Old French cliquer.

cliché (English): Something, most often a phrase or expression,...

Definitions

  1. Something, most often a phrase or expression,...

Ancestry of “cliché”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchclichéstereotype; negative; snapshot
2Frenchclicherto stereotype
3GermanKlitsch

Words derived from “cliché

Every word from German KlitschEvery word from French clicherEvery word from French cliché